Good tip with steam when you buy a game (or get a free one in this case) and you're not really sure you're ever going to play it, buy it as a gift.

Its no different to you as its always in your list to convert into an installed game if you do decide you want to play it. But if you never do and you find a friend that actually wants it you can gift it to them.

how does gifting work.. can i gift a game i no longer want to play to someone (like the old days, hand over the CD to them!)…?

No i dont think so, i think its more like at christmas time when you go and buy something and they offer to wrap it up as a gift for you when you purchase it.
So at purchase time you can choose ether gift or for yourself ( unwrapped)

"how does gifting work.. can i gift a game i no longer want to play to someone (like the old days, hand over the CD to them!)…?"

No i dont think so, i think its more like at christmas time when you go and buy something and they offer to wrap it up as a gift for you when you purchase it.
So at purchase time you can choose ether gift or for yourself ( unwrapped)

When you do a reply there is a little grey button at the bottom that says 'Formatting Help'. In particular you might be interested in the block quote. By typing > at the beginning of the line it will automagically format it to look like a quote. eg

When you purchase a game on Steam, we offer the option to “gift” the item to anyone you choose, whether or not the recipient is a current Steam user. The recipient will receive the gift as an attractive e-mail card with a personal message from you and instructions to redeem the game.

L4D2, Red Orchestra 2, ARMA, Sniper Elite 2 - Steam is on a roll. It's great that EA have pushed Valve into giving away free games. Between Origin and Steam we get tons of high quality games for nothing :D

I don't think you fully got into the sniper spirit. Camping out for hours on end waiting for that single perfect double head shot over 1500m, curving the shot around a wall (taking advantage of the high winds) whilst the bullet finally ricochets off an empty bottle and hits a gas cylinder taking out a further 2 enemies :)

If you are playing a sniper game and not crawling everywhere then you are doing it wrong.

Get the adapter - get it now. I do about 90% of my gaming on my PC at the moment (this will probably swing the other way a bit once the X1 gets a decent roster of exclusives) but there are tons of games that are still better with a controller. I like outputting my PC to my TV, switching to big picture mode and playing games from the comfort of my bed with a wireless controller. Bliss.

But yeah, you should have a controller for pc games. Some games, like Dark SOuls (apparently) and Castle Crashers do nut even tell you the keyboard controls in game, you have to whap every key on the board to gradually figure it out.

Looking at the number of games these days which support the 360 controller so well, I have spent bit of extra money and bought a wired 360 controller. Fark messing with adapter drivers etc to make my wireless 360 driver work, or the MotionJoy to make my PS3/PS4 controllers work. Don't regret a cent I spent on the wired 360 controller.

You don't even need to buy a Bluetooth adapter, the controller works just by hooking it up to your PC with the same cable you use to charge it (or any other microusb cable you have around). Just download DS4Tool and it will emulate a 360 pad so work on any game an xbox controller does.

I would recommend it, with the PS3/PS4 controllers when you plug in the cable the controller actually switches from Bluetooth to using the cable for data so your input latency is reduced. Don't have to worry about buying a wired controller like the XBOX. Just get a long microusb cable and you're set.

I admit getting the Xbox 360 controller to work wireless is a right pain in the ass, but it's worth it once it's set up. I personally prefer the 360 pad over the DS3 (personal opinion), but it's a fact that most games that support gamepads are optimised for the Xbox controller. Hell, every other indie game you boot up will have a note/splash screen that says "THIS GAME IS BETTER WITH A CONTROLLER". Sync up your 360 pad and BAM - perfect controller bindings. It's a wonderful thing.

Dear sweet Jesus, 417.57 hours of DOTA 2 in the last 10 months. That's an average of 1.4 hours every single day, for the last 10 months. I really don't understand the appeal of this game, but obviously it's doing something right! And not to mention you've apparently spent $24.51USD, on average, every single day of that as well. Respect! I think!

EDIT: Just realised that that is current market value of the games - not what you've actually paid for them.

Mine:

Over the last 9 years, you've spent 1166.5 hours playing this selection, which includes 418 items, is valued at $5177.68, and requires 1231 GB

Definitely paid nowhere near $7k for games lmao, I am on OzBargain after all, I've spent probably a few hundred all up, I reckon around $500 max honestly for my collection so far (lots of bundles, and usually only purchase at 75%+ off, pretty sure I have not paid full price for anything).

Regarding DOTA 2, I was one of those kids that played DotA a lot, use to go to this computer cafe after school with friends and we would just chill and play. DOTA 2, it's a game I can just jump in for a game or two after work and not really have to commit to, there's no real progression, it's just a game you can enjoy without worries.

You can't…unless you have the German version, which doesn't have kill cam. Well, make really crappy shots instead of nice head shots and it won't trigger the x-ray cam. You might still get follow through of the bullet though.